Anchored at the State Park on Muskegon Lake |
Being the OCD person that I am, I had already played around with numbers and discussed how and when we could realistically (although theoretically) take off on a cruising adventure. Ron, being the fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants kinda guy he is, was all in. He also began spending a lot of time getting more information online, which for him was a bit uncharacteristic.
We spent the summer of 2012 taking the boat to various places including Grand Traverse Bay, White Lake, Muskegon Lake and Lake Michigan. And despite some stressful times with lots of yelling, it was the best summer! We learned (a LOT), explored and made great new friends.
First trip out to the big lake! |
We listed the MacG on Craigslist in September of 2012 and, much to our surprise, it sold in only four weeks. In the meantime, we'd fallen in love with an S2 in Charlevoix, MI and decided to put in an offer on it the day after we sold the MacG. The timing of it all couldn't have been more perfect!
So here we are today, waiting out another cold, dark winter, counting down the days until we can get Hullabaloo splashed and moved to her new home in Muskegon. So for now we'll be researching, planning and saving like mad!
Lake Michigan dunes |
Grand Traverse Bay |
Grand Traverse Bay |
We hope you'll follow along as we fumble our way through the processes, preparation and steep learning curve that we'll face as we get ready to embark on this
I'm SO happy that you started stumbling across sailing and cruising blogs and we became friends because of it. I can not wait until you're out cruising and even wish I was back in Michigan to spend another summer with you guys out on the water. Now in a bigger boat. :)
ReplyDeleteFunny how things work out isn't it?!? I just wish we had more time to spend on the water together. Looking forward to meeting up with you out there too!
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